Vmprocessvmwithindependent

Use this option to control whether full VMware virtual machine backups are processed if the machine is provisioned with one or more independent disk volumes.

Independent disk volumes do not support snapshots. Any independent disk volumes found on a virtual machine are not be processed as part of the backup operation. When the virtual machine is restored, the backup-archive client recovers the virtual machine, and only the volumes that participated in snapshot operations are restored. Configuration information and content of the independent disk volumes is not preserved in the information that is stored on the IBM Spectrum Protect™ server. Users must recreate the independent disk volumes on the restored machine.

If the virtual machine also contains one or more raw device mapping (RDM) volumes configured in physical-compatibility mode (pRDM), use the vmprocessvmwithprdm option to control whether the client backs up any files on the virtual machine if an independent disk is present.

This feature is available only if the client operates as a data mover for IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware.

This option is only valid for VMware backups and does not pertain to Microsoft Hyper-V backups.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for Windows and Linux clients that are configured as a VMware backup server. The server can also define this option.

Options File

Windows operating systems Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt) or on the command-line

Linux operating systems Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt), in the client system options file (dsm.sys), or on the command-line.

Syntax


                               .-NO--.   
>>-VMPROCESSVMWITHINDEPENDENT--+-----+-------------------------><
                               '-YES-'

Parameters

No: The backup of the virtual machine fails if one or more independent disk volumes are detected. No is the default.

Yes: Virtual machines that contain one or more independent disk volumes are backed-up. However, the independent disk volumes are not be processed as part of the virtual machine backup operation.; If the virtual machine also contains one or more raw device mapping (RDM) disks that are provisioned in physical-compatibility mode, the VMPROCESSVMWITHPRDM option must also be specified.

Examples

Option file:

VMPROCESSVMWITHINDEPENDENT Yes

Command line:

dsmc backup vm vmlocal -vmbackuptype=fullvm -vmprocessvmwithindependent=yes